SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SACKS RODNEY C (Last) (First) (Middle) HANSEN NATURAL CORP, 550 MONICA CIRCLE, SUITE 201 (Street) CORONA CA 92880 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HANSEN NATURAL CORP [ HANS ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman and CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/15/2011
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	07/15/2011		J		25,000(1)	D	(2)	990,928	I	By Brandon Limited Partnership No. 1(3)
Common Stock								4,907,824	I	By Brandon Limited Partnership No. 2(3)
Common Stock								757,866	I	By HRS Holdings, L.P.(3)
Common Stock								3,730,000	I	By Hilrod Holdings, L.P.(3)
Common Stock								92,462	I	By Hilrod Holdings IV, L.P.(3)
Common Stock								35,714	I	By Hilrod Holdings V, L.P.(3)
Common Stock								164,962	I	By Hilrod Holdings VI, L.P.(3)
Common Stock								37,036	I	By Hilrod Holdings VII, L.P.(3)(4)
Common Stock								153,618	I	By Hilrod Holdings VIII, L.P.(3)
Common Stock								316,098	I	By Hilrod Holdings IX, L.P.(3)(4)
Common Stock								61,166	I	By Hilrod Holdings X, L.P.(3)(4)
Common Stock								121,894	I	By Hilrod Holdings XI, L.P.(3)
Common Stock								35,466	I	By RCS 2008 GRAT
Common Stock								122,590	I	By RCS 2009 GRAT
Common Stock								40,010	I	By RCS Direct GRAT(4)
Common Stock								19,175	I	By RCS Direct GRAT #2
Common Stock								90,357(5)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$0.446							(6)	07/12/2012	Common Stock	1,200,000		448,176	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$0.531							(6)	05/28/2013	Common Stock	1,200,000		860,324	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$6.588							(6)	03/23/2015	Common Stock	1,200,000		1,100,000	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$16.87							(6)	11/11/2015	Common Stock	600,000		600,000	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$31.72							(7)	06/02/2018	Common Stock	400,000		400,000	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$35.64							(8)	12/01/2019	Common Stock	250,000		250,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The shares of common stock listed in column 4 of table 1 represent shares which are held of record by Brandon Limited Partnership No. 1. Such shares were distributed to a limited partner in accordance with the terms of the partnership agreement.

2. N/A.

3. The reporting person is one of the general partners of each of Brandon Limited Partnership No. 1, Brandon Limited Partnership No. 2, HRS Holdings, L.P., Hilrod Holdings, L.P., Hilrod Holdings IV, L.P., Hilrod Holdings V, L.P., Hilrod Holdings VI, L.P., Hilrod Holdings VII, L.P., Hilrod Holdings VIII, L.P., Hilrod Holdings IX, L.P., Hilrod Holdings X, L.P. and Hilrod Holdings XI, L.P.

4. Reflects the distribution of shares as the proceeds of an in-kind annuity payment from existing grantor retained annuity trusts. The shares received from the in-kind annuity payments are directly beneficially owned by the reporting person.

5. The reporting person previously reported indirect beneficial ownership on an aggregate basis of the shares held by the limited partnerships. As a result of the in-kind annuity distributions, the total amount of shares directly and indirectly owned have been reduced by 21,225 shares.

6. The options are currently vested.

7. The options are currently vested with respect to 240,000 shares. The remaining options vest in two equal installments on June 2, 2012 and 2013.

8. The options are currently vested with respect to 50,000 shares. The remaining options vest in four equal installments on December 1, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Remarks:

	Rodney C. Sacks	07/19/2011
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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